The Museum of Modern Art

50th Anniversary *0

SYLVIA SIDNEY TO APPEAR AT FILM EVENT AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

The distinguished stage and screen actress Sylvia Sidney will

be the guest of honor at The Museum of Modern Art on Tuesday, June

12th at 8:00 p.m., for a special program in tribute to her remarkable

contribution to the art of the American screen. A rare Technicolor

print from the Department of Film's archives of her 1936 film

"The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" will be shown in its entirety, after

which Miss Sidney will discuss the film in a question-and-answer

session with the audience.

Miss Sidney's appearance is one of a series of special events

for Museum members being organized this year by the Department of

Film and the Membership Department in commemoration of the Fiftieth

Anniversary of The Museum of Modern Art. Each of these evenings

highlights important films from the collection of the Department

of Film, while honoring the artists on both sides of the camera

who created these works. The first program in this series was a

recent homage to the late Jean Renoir, in which his film "The Golden

Coach" was presented, introduced by critic Roger Greenspun.

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In a film career which extends back to the year of the Museum's formation, Miss Sidney has appeared in a number of Hollywood's most honored and enduring movies. In addition to Henry Hathaway's "The Trail of the

Lonesome Pine", included among her most memorable efforts are King Vidor's

"", 's "You Only Live Once", 's

British film "Sabotage", William WyTer's "Dead End", the film version of Lillian Hell man's play "The Searching Wind", and "Summer Wishes,

Winter Dreams", for which she was nominated for an Academy Award.

Any remaining tickets will be available at the Museum's Lobby Information Desk on the evening of this event.

June 1979 For further information, please contact Lisa Crockett, Assistant, (212) 956-7504, Department of Public Information, The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street, New York, New York 10019.